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Cotton

in Mississippi

There are 726 people with the last name "Cotton" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

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Cotton 484
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  1. is 480th most common Whitfield
  2. is 481st most common Gatlin
  3. is 482nd most common Jacobs
  4. is 483rd most common Wiggins
  5. is 484th most common Cotton
  6. is 485th most common Lang
  7. is 486th most common Rankin
  8. is 487th most common Seals
  9. is 488th most common Dearman

Similar Names and Nicknames

Cottrell, Cotter, Cotten, Cottle, Cottingham, Cotto, Cottrill, Cottone, Cottman, Cotterman

Most Common First Names for Cotton

Mary, Robert, John, David, James, Willie, Patricia, Barbara, Johnnie, Lisa

Meaning & History

English: habitational name from any of numerous places named from Old English cotum (dative plural of cot) ‘at the cottages or huts’ (or sometimes possibly from a Middle English plural, coten). Examples include Coton (Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Staffordshire), Cottam (East Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire), and Cotham (Nottinghamshire).

French: from a diminutive of Old French cot(t)e ‘coat (of mail)’ (see Cott).

FOREBEARS John Cotton (1584–1652) was a noted Puritan preacher, who landed at Boston, MA, from London in 1633 and became leader of the Congregationalists in America.

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Mary Cotton, MS (9 searches)
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